Bag-fastening



(No Model.)

B. OLDENBUSCH. BAG FASTENING.

No 449,912. PatenfiedApr. '7, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNST OLDENBUSC H, OF JERSEY CITY, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM SCHIMFER & (30.,OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

BAG-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,912, dated April*7, 1891.

Application filed January 9 1891- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNST OLDENBUSOH, of Jersey City, in the county ofHudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Fastenings for Bags, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in fastenings for bags, and moreparticularly to fastenings for securing the ends of the flaps to theends of the body portion.

The fastening is particularly well adapted to be applied to a bag inwhich one of the flaps is provided at its free edge with an overlappingframe-piece-such, for example, as that shown and described in LettersPatent No. 437,366, granted to Albert II. Peterson on September 30,1890the ends of the overlapping frame-piece being turned downwardly inposition to engage the opposite ends of the satchel.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a top view of thesatchelframe, showing the fastenings in position as in use. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal vertical section taken through one of the fastenings andthe portions of the frame adjacent thereto.

- Fig. 3 is a top view in detail of the fastening,

the top of the cap being removed to show the latch and hook or catchmore clearly. Fig. 4 is an end view of the fastening and parts of theframe adjacent thereto; and Fig. 5 is a transverse section through thefastening, showing the catch and portions of the frame adjacent theretoin elevation.

- A represents the overlapping frame-piece or guard, secured to the freeedge of one of the flaps and provided at its ends with turneddownportions a, which are intended to rest in proximity to the ends of thebody of the satchel. The end cross-pieces, which form the outer edges ofthe ends of the body portion of the satchel, are represented by B, andto their outer faces the body portion Got the catch or hook is secured.In the present instance I have shown it secured to the frame-piece bymeans of rivets c. From the body portion 0 a neck portion 0 extendsupwardly and terminates at its upper end in a hook c ,leav- Serial No.377,220. (No model.)

ing a space 0 between it and the neck a for the reception of theswinging latch D.

The latch D is pivotally secured at one end to the top 6 of a cap orhousing E, and its free end projects through an elongated slot 6 in adownwardly-turned end 6 of the said housing. The housing E graduallywidens as it extends toward the free end of the latch D, and itsdownwardly-turned end 6 is intended to rest snugly against the outerface of the downwardly-turned end a of the overlapping frame-piece A.The housing E is fixed firmly to the piece A in the present instance bymeans of a lug'e at its inner end, which is adapted to extend downwardlythrough a suitable opening in the piece A and clinch upon the under sideof said plate, and by means of a rivet 6 extending through thedownwardlyturned end 6 of the housing E and through thedownwardly-turned end a of the piece A. I have represented the latch Das provided with a notch d,the bottom of which is intended to engage thelower face of the hook o withwith a ball or knob d for convenience inswinging the latch.

The hook portion of the catch extends in a plane substantially parallelwith the end of the bag, and the latch D is pivoted to the housing, soas to swing in a horizontal plane substantially at right angles to theplane of the catch. The hook portion of the catch projects upwardlythrough an opening a in the frame-piece A between the downwardlyturnedend a and the cross-piece B, and its hook portion is so located that thelatch can be swung into engagement therewith only when the flaps aretightly closed.

To prevent the latch D from unintentional displacement, I locate a flatspring-plate F between the latch D and the top of the housing and secureit in position by the pivotal rivet j, which secures the latch tothehousing.

The free end of the spring-plate F is turned downwardly, as shown at f,and exerts a con stant tension upon the latch, thereby making thefriction so great as to require a positive push upon the free end of thelatch to operate it.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. The combination, with the overlapping frame-piece having its endturned downwardly to project over the end of the bag, of a catch fixedto the end of the bag between it and the downwardly-turned end of theframepiece and projecting upwardly through the frame-piece, alatch-housing, and a latch having a swinging movement in proximity tothe face of the frame-piece to engage the catch and projecting throughthe downwardlyturned end of the housing, substantially as hereindescribed.

2. The combination, with the overlapping frame-piece and a housing fixedto its face, of a swing-latch pivotally secured to the housing andhaving a swinging movement along the face of the overlappingframe-piece, a friction-spring within the housing-having a bearing uponthe latch to prevent its unintentional displacement, and a catch fixedin position to engage the swinging latch, substantially as hereindescribed.

ERNST OLDENBUSOH.

WVitnesses:

FREDK. I-IAYNEs, K. E. PEMBLETON.

